Improvement in hame attachments



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. MYERS AND SAMUEL SPIOER, OF GOODRICH, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAME ATTACHMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,860, dated January19, 1875; application filed May 29, 1874.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, JAMES H. MYERS and SAMUEL SPIGER, of Goodrich, inthe county of Genesee and State of Michigan, have invented a new andvaluable Improvement in Hame Attachments 5 and we do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawing is a representation of a front view, and Fig. 2is a side View, of our hame attachment. Fig. 3 is a detail View.

This invention has relation'to hame attachments; and it consists in aslotted and perforated clip, which is pivoted to the front' side ofahame, in combination with a tug-iron, which is curved at its front endand pivoted to the said clip, so that it can be adjusted up or down,

to adapt the line of draft to the largest or smallest horses, as will behereinafter explained.

The following is a description of our improvements In the annexeddrawings, A designates a hame. D designates a hame attachment or clip,which is a piece of metal having several i the back side thereof.

It will be seen that we apply the clip D to the front side of the hameat an intermediate point between its inner and outer edges, by

The perforations d are arranged one'above the other, and are designed toreceive the pivotal end of a trace-iron, E, to which the trace ispermanently secured. Said pivotal portion of the trace-iron is adaptedto be received into either one of said perforations, according to thesize of the horse, and is provided witha nut, h, for keeping it in itsplace. The front portion of the trace-iron is curved, as shown at i, sothat it will reach around in front of the hame at or nearly at rightangles to the line of draft, thereby drawing squarely against the hame.The slot or loop 6, abor e referred to, will allow the hametug or traceto retain its full strength and shape, when the clip is attached to thetongue by means of chains or straps connected by a strap or otherwise tothis looped portion.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The hame-clip D, slotted and perforated, and pivoted to the hame A,substantially as described.

2. A trace-iron, E, curved and adjustably connected to a pivoted clip,D, said clip being provided with the pole-strap loop 6, allsubstantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that we claim the above. we have hereunto subscribed ournames inthe presence of two witnesses.

JAMES H. MYERS. SAMUEL SPIOER. Witnesses:

J. P. ROBERTS, JEssE ELEs.

